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Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change
… Shifting into warmer waters near the surface is not a long-term solution and could lead to die-offs. Another growing … is responding to global-scale climate drivers, as well as variations in local weather conditions. Lake stratification … not melt until spring. Ice cover duration is getting shorter and our preliminary analyses indicate that this is …
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David Fischer
… from Troy to Haverstraw as well as a number of more focused short term studies of the many habitats and communities associated …
ltumblety - 11/07/2023 - 08:54
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Gary M. Lovett: Scientist, Mentor, Advocate, & Friend
… many other communities, among them the Hubbard Brook Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) community, the Catskill … Capital Region, Lovett was shaped by summers at Helderberg Lake in a cabin his parents built by hand. He received a BS … when it fell back to Earth.” While undertaking long-term studies on nutrient cycling in Catskill Mountain …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… it did? And why has it spread with such tenacity? The short answer: heedless human meddling with Mother Earth. We … are what scientists call reservoir hosts. They are the long-term hosts of the Lyme pathogen, the ultimate source from … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Livestock antibiotics and rising temperatures disrupt soil microbial communities
… tested (15, 20, and 30°C) represented seasonal variation plus a future warming projection. For each … these labile carbon pools can lead to a reduction in long-term carbon storage capacity. Lucas says, “We saw … efficiency can cause soils to store less carbon in the long term." Soil surface showing fungal …
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West Nile virus infection risk is higher in less affluent neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD
… located within 2km of each other, minimizing environmental variation. Abandoned properties in … from: the National Science Foundation, the US Army’s Long Term Health Education and Training Program, the Walter Reed …
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The Future of Biodiversity
… priority. Appreciating the urgency doesn’t require a long-term perspective. The climate five years from now will not … that outrun their natural enemies may benefit in the short term. But they’re not necessarily the species we’d like …
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Water a key factor in Zika virus spread
… mosquitoes are also active throughout the day, instead of a short window at dawn or dusk, making it more difficult to … boat or in shipping containers." Need for Water Security Complicates Problem That leaves city residents with the … action." The prevalence of standing water is a major determinant of mosquito population density. Areas with lots …
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Peter Groffman elected president of the Ecological Society of America
… (2020-2021). Looking ahead, Groffman hopes to use his term to strengthen the interface between science and …
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Medicine Residue Is everywhere in our rivers and lakes—and fish are behaving strangely
… another major source of contamination that continues to get short shrift by those charged with protecting the nation’s … Protection Agency (EPA)-funded analysis of 48 research publications found 54 active pharmaceutical ingredients and … report that there is “no formal mechanism, such as a long-term strategy or formal agreement, to manage and sustain …
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